How far in advance do you plan the look? The second I see the dress I start obsessing. Sometimes I’ll see it on the day of, which is not ideal, and sometimes it can be weeks ahead of time. The second I know what that dress is, I’m thinking about her and what will work,…
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Like most things, my mom was right about blush. As soon as I started regularly wearing makeup in high school, my mom would insist that I needed to “put a little color in my cheeks,” and would practically chase me with a blush brush. For some reason, my idea of blush was that it was…
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I’m no blush expert; expertise requires wearing it regularly, and I’ve applied it to my face a grand total of one time. Thanks to a natural permaflush that’s been attached to my face since birth (it’s either a sign of good health or mild rosacea), I just haven’t felt the need. The closest I ever…
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This isn’t something we say often, but blush is almost too basic to be fun. Take a beaten-up brush that’s seen better days, grab an inoffensive shade of pink, and swipe it across the apples of your cheeks. You look a few degrees more alive, and you’re done. If that sounds familiar, well, the sorry…
Read moreWhat if I told you there was a way to make your face look alive, but in a secret way—a way that most people’s eyes just skate right over? You look flushed and healthy, in a Brooke Shields, tawny, sexy-outdoorsy-slightly rough around the edges kind of way. The kind of color that says, “Oh, am…
Read moreGive me your foam conditioner, your jiggly masks, your life-changing moisturizer from the depths of Amazon. I love a beauty gimmick. But between all the newness that rolls in waves across my desk, blush is one of the hardest things for me to get excited about. Especially because I’ve already found my be-all, end-all: Tarte’s…
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